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Jeffry Rosales to spend 17 years in prison for rape

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A 31-year-old New York man has admitted he had sex with an 11-year-old girl and fathered her child. Newsday reports Jeffry Rosales pleaded guilty to first-degree rape yesterday, and a judge is expected to sentence Rosales to 17 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Newsday describes "...
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Paraguay only allows abortion in cases that threaten mother's health

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The girl is 10 years old, 22 weeks pregnant with the child of the stepfather who raped and impregnated her even after he was reported to social services. And she's the subject of a fierce debate among adults over the moral, legal, physical, and psychological implications of whether she...
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She didn't know she was pregnant, says official

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A 12-year-old student started her day on a Dutch field trip as a girl and ended it as a mother. The girl suddenly suffered severe stomach pains on the outing, and arriving paramedics discovered she was about to give birth, reports the Telegraph . Both the pre-teen mom and baby are...
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'Shocking' video helps catch attackers

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Five girls ages 14 to 19 attacked a pregnant teen and her boyfriend on a packed Seattle bus—and no one jumped in to help, ABC News reports. A disturbing security video helped police find the perpetrators of the November incident, who can be seen kicking the boy's head and...
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'Lies!' they say ... she's more like 13, or 14, or 15

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Somehow, "15-year-old gives birth to baby!" just doesn't have the same ring to it—but that may be closer to the truth, at least according to former neighbors of the supposedly 10-year-old girl who gave birth last week in Spain. The AP met with a group of them...
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Raped Mexican girl wasn't told she could abort

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An abortion rights battle is heating up in Mexico, with activists claiming officials didn't tell a 10-year-old girl raped by her stepfather that she could abort her fetus. In the girl's state of Quintana Roo, abortion is only legal in cases of rape, and only during the first 3 months...
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